Samara National Research University (Russian: Самарский национальный исследовательский университет имени академика С. П. Королёва), in is one of Russia’s leading engineering and technical institutions. It is located in the City of Samara. In July 2013 the University became one of 15 winners of the university increase the competitiveness of the project competition 5-100, the aim of which is to hit the Top 100 universities in the world ranking.